When it comes to maintaining an immune system in optimal condition, not only now with the Coronavirus epidemic, but throughout the year, nutrition plays a fundamental role.
The need to consume fresh fruits and vegetables and follow a varied diet to have adequate levels of vitamins and minerals is well known. What is not so well known is the importance of consuming Omega 3, which is absolutely deficient in our current diet, for the immune system.
Omega 3 fatty acids, particularly DHA, induce the synthesis of intracellular Glutathione, the great antioxidant in mammals, a discovery made by Brudy together with researchers from the University of Barcelona, and for which they have been granted the worldwide patent for the use of DHA in oxidative processes.
Glutathione, a key antioxidant molecule in humans, modulates the behavior of various cells, including those of the immune system, increasing innate and adaptive immunity, as well as providing protection against bacterial, parasitic, and viral infections.
Since Glutathione is not absorbed at the digestive level, its oral supplementation is useless, which means that the indirect generation we achieve with our DHA molecule is the most effective way to induce its synthesis, since we manage to increase its intracellular levels by 200 to 300%.
Among all of Brudylab's products, there is one particularly suitable for the immune system, BrudyPIO, 3 capsules a day, which in addition to providing 1 gram of DHA daily, is accompanied by Zn, Se, Mn, and Cu at 100% of the recommended daily amount, thus ensuring that we have the necessary co-factors for the generation of this intracellular Glutathione, as well as Cysteine, which is also a limiting component in the synthesis of Glutathione, and which in this supplement is provided from the glutathione included in the formulation (as we pointed out before, this oral glutathione does not translate into intracellular glutathione, but it does provide cysteine that the cell will need to produce the Glutathione induced by DHA).
On the other hand, the polyphenols contained in olive leaf extract, Oleuropein, increase NK cells (Natural killer cells), which contain the viral infection, giving the immune system time to prepare to attack the infectious agent directly while generating the necessary specific antigens.
BrudyPIO also provides vitamins A, C, and E, which are key in the process of immune cell formation, as well as various plant-based antioxidants such as natural carotenoids (lutein, zeaxanthin, lycopene), cranberry extract rich in anthocyanidins that have been shown to boost immunity against certain virus strains, Coenzyme Q10, and B vitamins, making this nutritional supplement a great ally for our immune system.
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